Quartz Mountain
Quartz Mountain rises to 838 m in California. Greys Mountain stands 2,158 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Lakes Park, a park 1.6 miles away.
The story
mountain in Madera County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49066060, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 838 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Indian Lakes Park: 1.6 mi
- Yosemite Lakes Park Recreation Area: 3.6 mi
- Yosemite Lakes Park Recreation Area: 6.1 mi
- Oakhurst Community Park: 9.8 mi
- San Joaquin River Gorge Special Recreation Management Area: 10.4 mi
- Ward Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Revis Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Blackhawk Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Mountain View Peak: 4.3 mi
- Mercer Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Daulton Spring: 6.0 mi
- Vichy Spring: 6.3 mi
- Arnold Spring: 6.4 mi
- Pecan Spring: 7.6 mi
- Rogers Spring: 8.2 mi
- Coarsegold Historic Museum: 1.9 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 10.0 mi
- Sierra-Mono Indian Museum: 10.4 mi
- Millerton Courthouse Museum: 13.4 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 18.3 mi
- Rocky Point Picnic Ground: 11.2 mi
- Lakeside Day Use Area: 11.3 mi
- Pine Point Day Use: 11.3 mi
- The Falls Picnic Site: 11.5 mi
- Chowchilla Recreation Area: 16.6 mi
- Exact Center of California: 13.1 mi
- Whites Cabin: 14.7 mi
- Academy: 22.4 mi
- Cottonwood Park Arch: 23.9 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 24.0 mi
- Willow Creek Trail: 11.8 mi
- Table Mountain Casino: 14.4 mi
- Big Ed: 17.4 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 17.6 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 18.3 mi
- San Joaquin Butte: 11.5 mi
- South Fork Bluffs: 12.7 mi
- Big Sandy Bluff: 16.8 mi
- San Joaquin River Bluffs: 23.1 mi
- San Joaquin River Bluffs: 23.8 mi
- San Joaquin Experimental Range: 6.3 mi
- Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 11.1 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 15.8 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 17.3 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 18.2 mi
- Angel Falls: 12.0 mi
- Whisky Falls: 15.1 mi
- Corlieu Falls: 16.0 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 17.0 mi
- Stevenson Creek Falls: 18.3 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 9.8 mi
- Tollhouse Crossing: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Quartz Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greys Mountain | NNE 31° | 2,158 m | 17.3 mi |
| Source Point | E 82° | 1,888 m | 16.5 mi |
| Graham Mountain | NE 39° | 1,857 m | 14.8 mi |
| Peckinpah Mountain | ENE 64° | 1,827 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mormon Hill | ENE 78° | 1,810 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sivels Mountain | NNE 23° | 1,782 m | 15.5 mi |
| Silver Knob | N 1° | 1,631 m | 16.7 mi |
| Pilot Peak | N 357° | 1,586 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 46 | 49 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 46 |
| Precip in | 7.1 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK RS, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358776029
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